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v HINGE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-27| |919.

1,338,260, Patented Apr. 27, 1.920.

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, NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOs'EPn soss, or New YORK, N. Y.

HINGE.V

Application led August 27, 1919.

T0 @ZZ 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Soss, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of whichthe following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hinges and particularly to what are known asdoor hinges, and the object thereof is to provide an improved hingewhich is simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive and whichwill be efficient and strong and durable in use; a further object beingto provide a hinge of they class specifiedwhich is constructed of aplurality of parts stamped from sheet metal and fashioned to the desiredshape or form and secured together to form the separate parts or buttmembers of the hinge; and with these and other objects in view theinvention consists in a hinge of the class specified, constructed ashereinafter described and claimed.

The invention described and claimed herein is an improvement on thatdescribed and claimed in a prior application filed by 'me March 8, 1919,Ser. No. 281,358, and is fully disclosed in the following specification,of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separateparts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference charactersin each of the views, and in which Figure 1 -is a sectional plan view ofmy improved hinge showing the same connected with a door frame and door,the section bein partially on the line ll of Fig. 2; o y

Fig. 2 a partial sectionon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; i

Fig. 3 an inside face view of that part of the hinge which is secured tothestationary support; and, o

Fig. ipa perspective view of that part of the hinge which is secured tothe door or other sii/inging member.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, l have shown at 5 a part of a doorframe or other stationary support, and at 6 a door or other swingingmember and, in practice, the part 5 is recessed as shown at 7 to receivethe part or butt member 8- of the hinge, while the door 6 is recessed at9 tovreceive the part or butt member 10 of the hinge.

The part 8 of the hinge is preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Paten-ted Apr.- 27, 1920.

Serial No. 320,214.

stamped or fashioned from sheet metal and consists of a front plate 11,which is oblong and rectangular in form and provided adj acent to itsupper and lower edges with countersunk vapertures 12 through whichscrews 13 are adapted to pass in securing the part 8 to the door frame5, as shown in Fig. 3. The central portion of the plate 11 is cut out asshown at 14- to form an' irregular-shaped transverse aperture consistingof a large rectangular end portion 15 and a reduced end portion 16.Formed from the material cut out of the part 16 of the aperture and eX-tending inwardly from the top thereof is a spring member 17' which isbent at approximately right vangles to the plate 11, as clearly shown inFig. 2. Secured to the inner face of the plate 11 below the cut-outportion 14 thereof is an Lshaped reinforcing plate member 18,preferablycomposed of heavier sheet metal than that of the plate 11, asis clearly shown in Fig. 2. rThe part 19 of the plate member 1S projectsat right angles to the vplate 11 and is provided with an angularlyarranged groove or 'depression 20 in the to'p face thereof, as clearlyshown in Figs. 1 and 2, which communicates at its inner end with anaperture 21 in said part 19. vThe groove or depression 2O forms, aswill. be seen, a corresponding projection 22 on the bottom face of thepart 19 thus giving said part the required strength in supporting thedoor in the operation of placing or connectino` the part 1G of the hingewith the part 8. v

The part 10 of the hinge is made from two similarly formed plate members23 and 24 which are approximately L-shaped in form, or consist of backplates 25 and approximately hook-shaped arms 26 extending at rightangles therefrom. The plates 25 and arms 26 are secured together to formthe part 10 by welding, brazing or in any other desired manner. The endportions of the plates 25 are each provided with countersunk screwapertures 2T through which screws 28 are passed in securing the part 10to the door or other swinging member 6, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

rihe arms 26 when secured together form a central hook-shaped arm and,in practice, a pin 29 is secured in the free end portion of said arm,part of said pin projecting downwardly and being adapted to Operate inthe aperture 21 in the plate member 18 or the part 19 thereof.

In the use of this device and after the separate parts 8 and 10 havebeen secured to the door frame and door, the door may be connected withthe door frame by passing the hook-shaped arms of the parts 10 of thehinge, or the free end portions thereof, through the rectangular portion15 of the cut-out portion 14 of the part 8 with the pin 29 within thegroove or depression 20, and when in this position the door is movedinwardly until the pin 29 drops into the aperture 21. It will beunderstood that in accomplishing the above result that the door 6 willbe swung into a position at right angles to the door frame .in order topermit of the passage of the hook-shaped arms of the part 10 into thepart 8 without coming in contact with the inwardl directed spring member17 of said part. en the part 10 has been connected with the part 8 inthe manner above set out and as indicated in Fig. 2, the door 6 may beswung into .its closed position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in whichoperation the spring member 17 operates in connection with the top faceof the hook-shaped arm and serves to hold said arm, or the part 10 ofthe hinge, firmly or against rattling in the part 8, and especially whenthe door 6 is in a closed position.

The distinctive feature of the construction herein shown and describedfrom that shown and described in the prior application hereinbeforereferred to is in the use of a hook-shaped arm on the part 10 of thehinge, of comparatively small transverse dimensions, and the aperture orcut-out portion of the part 8 of correspondingly small dimensions, andthe attachment of the reinforcing plate member 18 to the plate 11 toform the support for the part 10 by reason of the fact that the size ofthe cut-out or apertured portion 14 is insufficient to produce a propersupport for the part 10. It will be apparent that the hinge constructed`in the manner herein shown and described is designed particularly foruse in supporting comparatively light doors but will serve for the samepurpose as that of the hinge shown and described in said priorapplication, and while I have shown certain details of construction forcarrying my invention into effect, it will be apparent that I am notnecessarily limited to such details, as various changes therein andmodifications thereof may be made, within the scope of the appendedclaims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificingits advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is :e

1. A hinge butt member comprising a plate which is oblong andrectangular in form and provided centrally with a transverse apertureone end portion of which is deeper or wider than the other, said platebeing also provided at the top of the narrower end portion of saidaperture with an inwardly directed integral member and at the bottom ofsaid aperture with an angular reinforcing plate which is secured theretoand which projects inwardly therefrom parallel with said member.

2. A hinge butt member comprising a plate, an L-shaped reinforcing platemember secured to one faceV of said plate, said plate being providedwith an apertured portion, a member formed integrally with said plateand extending' at an angle thereto, and said reinforcing plate memberbeing provided with a part which extends at an angle to said plate.

3. A hinge butt member comprising a plate, an L-shaped reinforcing platemember secured to one face of said plate and one part of which extendsat an angle thereto, said plate being provided with an apertured portionand a member formed integrally with said plate and VeXtending at anangle thereto, and the top face of the inwardly directed part of saidplate member being provided with an angularly arranged groove at theinner end of which is an aperture.

4. A hinge butt member comprising a plate which is oblong andrectangular in form and provided `centrally with a translverse apertureone end portion of which is tubular or wider than the other, said platebeing also provided at the top of the narrower end portion of saidaperture with an inwardly directed integral member and at the bottom ofsaid aperture with an angular reinforcing plate which is secured theretoand which projects inwardly therefrom parallel with said member, andanother hinge butt plate member provided with a hookshaped flat armwhich projects therefrom at right angles thereto and which is providedon the bottom of its end with a pin, said arm being adapted to be passedthrough the aperture in the first named plate and to swing in thenarrower end portionof said

